tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post8589242561828646910..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: An Apology To Mr Graeme WoodBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-73717760409998261962012-02-13T08:34:14.794+11:002012-02-13T08:34:14.794+11:00He was just saying they had balls...He was just saying they had balls...ARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621927091855054704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-25091125182447092502012-02-11T10:34:03.630+11:002012-02-11T10:34:03.630+11:00A Song for the Times:
http://www.youtube.com/watch...A Song for the Times:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k76IGLi6jWI<br /><br />CheersMinicapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421626155178200181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-21973958943478526282012-02-11T03:26:18.419+11:002012-02-11T03:26:18.419+11:00Dibs on the Seal Clubbing booth at the next county...Dibs on the Seal Clubbing booth at the next county fair...mojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-45308725000261654682012-02-10T21:52:14.217+11:002012-02-10T21:52:14.217+11:00I booked a hotel and had squid (is a squid related...I booked a hotel and had squid (is a squid related to an octopus?) - fried - beautiful they were - thank you Mr Wood - your ad made my mouth water. Had Ms Attard's Shark Fin soup straight after!Rooferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069975516451656620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-42597106166038416432012-02-10T21:03:04.297+11:002012-02-10T21:03:04.297+11:00Thank you, blogstrop. You are correct, but if it c...Thank you, blogstrop. You are correct, but if it can be sliced, dipped in batter, deep fried and served with chips and a pickled onion, it is fish enough for this hungry fellow.Bunyiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-31745924848424798572012-02-10T20:50:30.670+11:002012-02-10T20:50:30.670+11:00Re: "mistreatment of fish in Australia" ...Re: "mistreatment of fish in Australia" - I'm sure you are well aware that the octopus is not a fish, Prof, but a cephalopod mollusc.blogstropnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-19660530669528687682012-02-10T20:20:30.245+11:002012-02-10T20:20:30.245+11:00Boxing the compass was very painful. Also, older m...Boxing the compass was very painful. Also, older mariners had trouble keeping their needles pointing north for any length of timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-56100969873034261472012-02-10T19:39:32.617+11:002012-02-10T19:39:32.617+11:00That is actually how the sextant got its name in n...That is actually how the sextant got its name in navigation. It's the opposite of sexist and the Polynesian rough translation for it is "hold oneself by the testicles and squeeze" - European navigators spent countless hours plotting with the sextant when all they had to do was grab a cluster and wait for the pointer to activate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-68614929409199752842012-02-10T15:40:51.733+11:002012-02-10T15:40:51.733+11:00That's all well and good,you might be sorry, ...That's all well and good,you might be sorry, but I do wonder about Mr Wood.<br /><br />I think he might just as well have torn up his $15mill, as Ms Attard has no clue how this website will achieve anything like paying for itself, but assures us that she has five years' funding in the bag.<br /><br />What sort of person throws that sort of money about for no return at all and little hope of lasting satisfaction?<br /><br />What happens to the website and Ms Attard should it all survive five eyars-- seems a bit chancy to me-- but still be doing a "Fairfax" at the end of the five years?<br /><br />Who would want to take over the "investment"?<br />(My poodle offers the suggestion "Gina Rhinehart")<br /><br />And that's without opining that $15mill could have saved quite a few starving Biafrans for longer than 5 years ,I'm sure, and earned the philanthropist a lot more kudos Australia wide!<br /><br />Perhaps I'm wrong, too, and Mr Wood and Ms Attard will jump the shark and convert loads of Aussies to their philosophical and ideological views.<br /><br /> But I'm sure not going to bet on it,as I think pigs might sooner fly!Jazzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-10563242959027417412012-02-10T15:13:39.829+11:002012-02-10T15:13:39.829+11:00One of the most delicate pieces of writing I have ...One of the most delicate pieces of writing I have seen in a long time (outside of Kevin Myers' columns.) Congratualtions. And long may your willy grow.Patrick Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-53907408209069853622012-02-10T15:03:36.633+11:002012-02-10T15:03:36.633+11:00lol... Frank, I'm sure Bob Brown would enjoy u...lol... Frank, I'm sure Bob Brown would enjoy using that as a form of navigation... not just in a canoe either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-12681856626263279532012-02-10T14:51:32.030+11:002012-02-10T14:51:32.030+11:00I don't know why you find the concept so diffi...I don't know why you find the concept so difficult Frank. <br /><br />For Polynesian man heading south testicles shrink, heading north testicles enlarge, heading east or west testicles remain unchanged.<br /><br />It's the opposite for Aleutian man.HRTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-76484752582904582622012-02-10T14:01:06.171+11:002012-02-10T14:01:06.171+11:00The best bit is how they seemlessly construct thei...The best bit is how they seemlessly construct their defence as if squid bobbing is a real practice that requires some cultural sensitivity, rather than a one off event made up by the wotif adverisers.Chisterynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-74508623981425599702012-02-10T13:44:01.610+11:002012-02-10T13:44:01.610+11:00Oh Professor, what a man you are! A fascinating a...Oh Professor, what a man you are! A fascinating apology, delivered like a true male of the species; unstinting, humble, knowledgeable and sincere. Some special men are so good at these, I know from my own relationship experiences.<br /><br />Your generous recognition of your multiple faults and failings must surely calm the disturbed spirits of Mr. Wotif, a man of a rather different and more wiltingly green cast of virility, I wot. Wot I don't understand is why his support of some very wayward cultural ways is so curiously admired by his legion of goblin followers.Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-53803478274230810132012-02-10T13:29:23.194+11:002012-02-10T13:29:23.194+11:00"… We acknowledge that some people, including..."… We acknowledge that some people, including the complainants in this case, may object to the practice of ‘squid bobbing’ because they believe it is cruel to the squid. However, the same could be said by outside observers in relation to numerous cultural practices and past-times all over the world "<br /><br />But Wotif instigates a cruel practice. Invents it out of thin air and portrays it graphically for its own profit.<br /><br />It's worse than 10:10 blowing up infidel children for the cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-31495376452751788672012-02-10T13:26:28.882+11:002012-02-10T13:26:28.882+11:00Frank, is it possible for you to elaborate on the ...Frank, is it possible for you to elaborate on the "testicle navigation technique"?<br />My GPS is due for replacement, and this Polynesian method could certainly save me some money?<br />I realise the technique is blatantly sexist, as clearly it's only for men, but I am willing to overlook this failing.JBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-33274049856019586342012-02-10T13:22:14.953+11:002012-02-10T13:22:14.953+11:00Hypocritical bastards are never in the wrong .They...Hypocritical bastards are never in the wrong .They would make any excuse for their holier than thou attitude as in Hanson Young's "accidents happen" comment.Sentient beings are expendable to the greater green Gaia.edennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-13314008144490969912012-02-10T13:19:18.822+11:002012-02-10T13:19:18.822+11:00What is it with "past-times"? Can't...What is it with "past-times"? Can't they write English for God's sake?osnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-25396165815556508872012-02-10T13:13:10.110+11:002012-02-10T13:13:10.110+11:00I understand they were more user friendly than the...I understand they were more user friendly than the sextant and using them produced better results. Michael Jackson was well known for embracing this age-old method as a demonstration of his cultural diversity. Shames he got lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-83276008155226644822012-02-10T12:54:23.411+11:002012-02-10T12:54:23.411+11:00Huh! You are making up that! We know where a man&#...Huh! You are making up that! We know where a man's brains are; and that men never 'ask the way'; and we know that a man can be led by the scrotum. But navigate? Never!<br />Correction. What if the gently swinging orbs took on the function of Foucault's pendulum? That might help to some extent.Thomas the Toutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-86862988417947609752012-02-10T12:31:36.261+11:002012-02-10T12:31:36.261+11:00Re: Sending the Greens off with a Japanese Whaler....Re: Sending the Greens off with a Japanese Whaler... <br /><br />Last year I was listening in on a lecture given by a climate alarmist in the US who informed the class that many moons ago Polynesian man would navigate the Pacific Islands in his canoe using his testicles as a navigation system! (I have not not made this bit up.) Is such a feat possible? Could we throw away our electronic devices and loosen our underpants and guide the Greens to a better world?...Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-64641225027220053252012-02-10T12:23:06.792+11:002012-02-10T12:23:06.792+11:00Everyone can enjoy clubbing seals, Bunyip. No need...Everyone can enjoy <a href="http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2012/02/08/pedants-are-we/" rel="nofollow">clubbing seals</a>, Bunyip. No need to be so uppity about it.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-2926519281040332262012-02-10T12:11:21.796+11:002012-02-10T12:11:21.796+11:00And I thought nobody cared about invertebrates. Th...And I thought nobody cared about invertebrates. There are at least two places in the world, one in Japan and the other in Scandinavia, where the slaughter of whales & dolphins rather bloodily would leave bull-fighting for dead in the multicultural steeple-chase that travel agents like this would see fit to promote.blogstropnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-75739499315074731202012-02-10T12:10:26.429+11:002012-02-10T12:10:26.429+11:00What a whacky cultural practice! Next up female ge...What a whacky cultural practice! Next up female genital mutilation and canine torture.<br /><br />Recommend Bunyip have a squiz at the "Dumb, drunk and racist" news item that came out overnight. ABC TV crew sets out to confront the racist side of white Australia and finds a more brutal foe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-35111490978253980932012-02-10T11:37:29.954+11:002012-02-10T11:37:29.954+11:00I know what creepeth in Wood's response...and ...I know what creepeth in Wood's response...and it isn't the squid!Megannoreply@blogger.com